Piermario Morosini died in 2012 after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Livorno.

The three doctors who treated Piermario Morosini, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Livorno in 2012, have been given suspended prison sentences of up to a year after being found guilty of manslaughter.

Morosini, who was 25, collapsed half an hour into a match at Pescara and died in hospital an hour and a half later.

Laura D'Arcangelo, a judge at a tribunal in Pescara, sentenced emergency doctor Vito Molfese to one year in prison.

Livorno forward Andrea Favilli is happy to be linked with Real Madrid, his agent has revealed.

Favilli, 19, spent the 2015-16 season on loan from Livorno at Juventus, and reports in Italy have claimed that Juve have not taken up a €1.7 million option for a permanent deal, and the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu outfit are poised to step in.

Favilli's representative Vincenzo Rispoli told Tuttomercatoweb, picked up by AS, that there was nothing concrete at the moment, but speculation about Madrid's...

Christian Panucci played for the likes of Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan.

Christian Panucci has been given his first head coach role by Serie B club Livorno.

Since hanging up his boots in 2010, Panucci, who played for the likes of Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan, had been working as sporting director at Palermo -- resigning after just one month -- and as assistant to Russia boss Fabio Capello.